On Nov. 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings captured this footage of the spacecraft and the Moon as it continued to grow nearer to our lunar neighbor. via NASA https://ift.tt/wa3XCIH
“Great artists suffer for the people.” – Marvin Gaye
“All nature is but art unknown to thee.” – Alexander Pope
Stars can make beautiful patterns as they age — sometimes similar to flowers or insects. NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, is a notable example. Though its gaseous wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees C, the aging central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally […]
AM Light Rain today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 92 Humidity. 4 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
“A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.” – Anne Bronte
“Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.” – Mary Schmich
Why would the sky look like a giant target? Airglow. Following a giant thunderstorm over Bangladesh in late April, giant circular ripples of glowing air appeared over Tibet, China, as pictured here. The unusual pattern is created by atmospheric gravity waves, waves of alternating air pressure that can grow with height as the air thins, […]
Rain today! With a high of 7C and a low of 7C. 84 Humidity. 6 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
“Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!” – Lord Byron